Tag: NHS
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15 March, 2021David Purdue – Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals
David Purdue 11/03/21 KS4-5/S4-6 David Purdue shares his insights into nursing and takes questions from students. With almost 30 years of experience within the NHS, David qualified from the Nottingham School of Nursing as a Registered Nurse in 1990, working initially within cardiology at Queen’s Medical Centre and before specialising in coronary care at City […]
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9 March, 2021Carol Cooper – Head of Equality, Diversity & Human Rights & BME Expert Mental Health Forum
Carol Cooper 08/03/21 KS4-5/S4-6 Carol shares her insights into nursing and answers questions from students. As Head of Equality, Diversity & Human Rights, at the Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Carol has been actively engaged in the implementation of the Workforce Race Equality Standard and creating a systemic approach to addressing racism in the […]
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1 March, 2021Emma Wadey, Head of Mental Health Nursing
Emma Wadey 24/02/21 KS4-5/S4-6 Emma Wadey, Head of Mental Health Nursing for NHS England and NHS Improvement, shares insights into the role of a mental health nurse and answers questions about a career in nursing. Emma has over 20 years’ experience across a wide range of health, emergency care and criminal justice settings. Maintaining clinical […]
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10 February, 2021A closer look into Experience Nursing
In January 2021, Speakers for Schools and the Perceptions of Nursing team who work with NHS England and NHS Improvement teamed up to show young people what a career in nursing is actually like. Together we have opened the door for over 1,350 young people to find out more about nursing through virtual work experience. […]
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9 February, 2021Dr Crystal Oldman CBE, CEO at The Queen’s Nursing Institute
Dr Crystal Oldman CBE 02/02/21 KS4-5 We are joined by Dr Crystal Oldman CBE as part of our first Experience Nursing Broadcast. Dr Crystal Oldman CBE joined the Queen’s Nursing Institute in November 2012 as Chief Executive. Crystal worked in the NHS for 18 years, the majority of which was in the field of community […]
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25 November, 2020Green Skills Week 2021
Green Skills Week 2021 Speakers for Schools is teaming up with Britain’s most environmentally focused employers to tackle the unemployment crisis and future-proof the next generation in a post-COVID economy. To coincide with the UK Prime Minister’s announcement for a Green Industrial Revolution, Speakers for Schools is launching a campaign to introduce young people to […]
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Experience Nursing 2021
Experience Nursing 2021 As health services battle against a global pandemic and increasing demand on services, Speakers for Schools is working with medical leaders to help find the next generation of heroes. The charity will be running virtual insight days and virtual work experience with key employers between January and March 2021. Having worked with […]